• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Atomize, from the original Ancient Greek adjective atomos, meaning “uncuttable” or “indivisible”.

    Seems pretty apt to me. You have rendered it into its smallest constituent pieces through physical means, any further reduction requires chemical processes, or high energy physics. Coincidentally, a simple spark provides both.